Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

if we pursue the arms race no other problem will be solved.